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    Thomas Hardy‚ OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist‚ in the tradition of George Eliot‚ he was also influenced both in his novels and poetry by Romanticism‚ especially by William Wordsworth.[1] Charles Dickens is another important influence on Thomas Hardy.[2] Like Dickens‚ he was also highly critical of much in Victorian society‚ though Hardy focused more on a declining rural society. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life‚ and regarded himself

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    to one of the Thomas Hardy’s autobiography‚ he presents a picture of himself as a sensitive young man who attended church regularly and believed in a personal God who ruled the universe. Then when Hardy went to London in his early twenties and discovered such intellectual ferment as caused by Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means and Natural Selection” (1859)‚ Hardy then lost his faith and never recovered it. Hardy then began to see the world without any ruler or God. He started to think

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    Thomas Hardy Frank & Chelsea Here are a few poems and things to write about. The Man he Killed The short lines‚ simple rhyme scheme‚ and everyday language make the piece almost nursery rhyme like in simplicity‚ again in ironic contrast to its less than pleasant subject. The Voice Though the vigorous anapaestic metre of the poem helps convey this initial hope‚ it proves unwieldy for Hardy‚ as is evident in the clumsy third stanza‚ where “listlessness” rhymes with Hardy’s unfortunate coinage

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    Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870) embraces childhood‚ adolescence‚ apprenticeship‚ first marriage‚ early poems and his first unpublished novel. The second phase (1871-1897) is marked by intensive writing‚ which resulted in the publication of 14 novels and a number of short stories. In the third phase (1898-1928)‚ the period of the writer’s rising fame‚ he abandoned writing novels and returned to poetry. Thomas Hardy was an English poet and novelist

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    English Comp 112 Professor Cipko 11 November 2014    “The Man He Killed” has a powerful title for a poem. An English Victorian poet from 1902‚ Thomas Hardy‚ who is against the war‚ wants the reader to know that he is not the one who has killed someone. Hardy characterizes the main character as a casual guy who joined the military out of hope to have a more stable lifestyle. The themes of this poem are guilt‚ society‚ and anti-war. Hardy uses good imagery while letting the reader feel as though they

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    2014 Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy is known to be one of the most renowned poets and novelists in the history of English literature. He was born in the English village known as Higher Bockhampton in the county of Dorset in the year 1840. Hardy was the son of a builder and worked as an architectural apprentice for six years‚ and an ecclesiastical architect for eleven. When finished with these jobs‚ however‚ he turned entirely to writing. He died in 1928‚ at the age of 87. Although he worked as

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    Susana Company Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was born in June the 2nd in 1840 in Higher Bockhampton‚ a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset‚ England; and died in January the 11th in 1928 due pleurisy in December 1927. He was an English novelist‚ poet and a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot; he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism‚ especially William Wordsworth. Charles Dickens was another important influence‚ he was highly critical

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    Z~ AP Lit. Thomas Hardy and Religion Famous author and poet‚ Thomas Hardy‚ was born June 2nd in the year of 1840 into a small town called Higher Bockhampton in Stinsford Parish. He lived in a lower class family‚ aware and content with their position. Hardy’s father was a master mason while his mother stayed at home and encouraged Hardy’s education. His mother taught him to read‚ and continued educating him through his years until the age of 16. At this point‚ a friend of Hardy’s father‚ John

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    philosopher. This quote explains that in war it does not matter whether or not you do the right thing‚ but whether or not you know how to survive. This quote relates to Liam O’ Flaherty’s short story and Thomas Hardy’s poem. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Man He killed” by Thomas Hardy both literary works show similarities and differences by the use of plot‚ irony‚ and theme. In the two passages‚ there were many similarities‚ but there were also some differences throughout the plot.

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